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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Southesk, New Brunswick
2 famous people call Southesk their birthplace
The best known is the American general Daniel Chaplin, with an article in one language. The other is Fred Smith, the Canadian politician. Go 11 km to Nelson and the list has one name, James Robinson. Over 51 years of births, the list goes from Daniel Chaplin (1820) to Fred Smith (1871).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Daniel Chaplin
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1820
Daniel Chaplin
Youngest
1871
Fred Smith
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Southesk
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Known for
What Southesk is known for
The field with the most names is Military: 1.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, only Nelson has someone listed.
Questions about famous people from Southesk
Who is the most famous person from Southesk?
Daniel Chaplin (American general) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Fred Smith.
How many famous people were born in Southesk?
Wikidata has 4 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Southesk known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 2%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Southesk?
Daniel Chaplin, from 1820; the most recent birth on the list is from 1871.
Who counts as from Southesk?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Southesk’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).